Social map of Franschhoek Youth Development

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1 Social map of Franschhoek Youth Development May

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3 I. What is the purpose of this social map? The social map focuses on youth development in the Franschhoek Valley, including the areas of the township in Franschhoek: Groendal, Mooiwater and Langrug, and the farms rendering youth services. The social map is a tool that provides information about all the youth organizations operating in the Franschhoek Valley. The main objective is to make the information available and avoid double work as well as to improve the referring process between the different youth organizations. This social map also facilitates a structured communication, cooperation and networking platform between the different partners in youth development, aimed at networking as a result. Every six months all the organizations involved will have to meet on the initiative of the Franschhoek Youth House to update the social map and implement all the possible changes, such as new programs, changed contact details etc. This can be done via or phone. The Youth House will be responsible for the coordination of the updating process and will be assisted and supervised regarding the layout and the printing of the document by the Stellenbosch Municipality All the youth organizations involved in this project will receive a social map. This document will be available for all interested people and stakeholders in the Franschhoek Youth House as well as in office in the Mooiwater building, the Franschhoek Information Centre and at the doctors offices and clinics. 3

4 II. Overview Municipal organizations The Stellenbosch Municipality contains different towns and areas, which include the Franschhoek Valley. The Stellenbosch Municipality offers different services to the community as well as to the organizations working in the community. The Department of Community Development of the Stellenbosch Municipality is responsible for supporting the care of different vulnerable groups, such as the youth. The Municipality supports different youth organizations financially to improve youth development. 4

5 1. Stellenbosch Municipality The Stellenbosch Municipality is servicing all citizens of the municipal area relating to issues mandated to local governments of South Africa. The Municipality follows a developmental approach. The Department of Community Development focuses on the care of all vulnerable groups including: youth, children, women, elderly, disabled and people living on the street. The Stellenbosch Municipality facilitates community development through partnerships with local community organizations and other spheres of government. Financial support is given to existing organizations within municipal area through the Grant in Aid process. Manager Community Development: Michelle Aalbers Stellenbosch Municipality: Tel: Fax: [email protected] Website: Postal Address: PO Box 17 Stadshuis, Plein Street Stellenbosch 5

6 2. Franschhoek Youth House The Franschhoek Youth House is part of the Municipal partnership between the Franschhoek and Dilbeek Municipalities focusing on youth development. The Franschhoek Youth House is a place where the youth of the Franschhoek Valley has their own facility and where they can access four key areas: sport development, entrepreneurship and holiday programs, which include arts and culture, and prevention. The Youth House is depending on help resources from the community to operate effectively. Communication and cooperation are two key factors of the mission of the Franschhoek Youth House as a centralized youth facility. The Youth House is responsible for the coordination of the Strategic Plan of the Dilbeek- Stellenbosch partnership concerning different youth partners and youth programs. Daily services: - Computer and Internet access supporting youth with school related assignments as well as designing CV s. - Distribute information like bursaries, learnerships, internships and information about school projects. - Daily access to the music and sport equipment library in favor of the different youth organizations. - In partnership with the Youth Empowerment Action everyday afterschool animated playground activities are taking place on the Youth House playground from 2:30 p.m. until 4 p.m. Weekly program: - Weekly movie nights on a Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. The movie night is focusing on different cultural themes and light entertainment. - Every Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. youngsters can play pool in smaller tournaments in terms of practice for the big yearly tournament. Annual program: - The soccer tournament: youngsters get the opportunity to develop their sport skills and the winning team wins a trophy. - In November the yearly pool tournament takes place. The winner gets a pool stick and a t-shirt. - The Funrun is a running competition that occurs in two areas of the valley, which are Groendal and La Motte. Community support officer: Msindisi Kwini Cell. Number: The Youth House office: Tel: Fax: [email protected] Website: Postal Address: Beaucoup De Leau Street Mooiwater Building 7690 Franschhoek 6

7 Non-governmental organizations and non-profit organizations Non-governmental organizations and non-profit organizations focus on community development, in this case youth development, without the purpose of financial growth or profit. These organizations are not depending on the Municipality, but exist on their own and depend on other resources. 7

8 1. Franschhoek Hospice The Franschhoek Hospice offers a home-based nursing service to patients that are nursed at their homes. The Hospice works together with the different clinics in the Franschhoek area. The Hospice provides care that improves the quality of life by designing a patient-specific holistic care program that includes giving support and care to the family and significant others. Youth care is part of the patient system. The Franschhoek Hospice uses a holistic approach by focusing on the different areas of life of the patients as well as their families, such as the circumstances where the family and the children are living in. Are they going to school? Is there neglect or child abuse? In these cases the parents get support and assistance, and if necessary they get referred to the ACVV regarding removing the children. We serve the whole of the Franschhoek Valley which includes Franschhoek Central, Groendal, Mooiwater RDP Homes, Langrug Informal Settlement, Bosbou, Maasdorp, Wemmershoke Saagmeul, Hollandche Moelen, Wemmershoek Dam and surrounding farms. - Medical home-based care with a holistic approach. - Mothers and child-program: a big gathering of mothers with their children where we provide refreshments for everybody. The aim is to discuss experienced difficulties, relational issues and give each other support and advice. These gatherings are taking place especially during the school holidays. The Mother and Child support groups has been in partnership with the Bridge of Hope Academy and is now in interaction with the Bridge House School. - Providing food packets, clothing, bedding, etc. to people and families in need. - Counseling - Different services such as assisting with applications for a grant, policies, etc. - Educational talks on health - A range of activities for children, such as games, ball coordination, puzzles etc. Ceo/Administrator: Colleen Douglas Cell. Number: Franschhoek Hospice office: Tel: Fax: [email protected] Website: Postal Address: Hospice House 23a La Rochelle Street PO Box Franschhoek 8

9 Heart focuses on HIV/aids and psychosocial empowerment. Our approach is a diagnostic therapeutic approach so we test people for HIV and support them, those who test positive and their also engages in several ongoing community projects that focus on HIV/AIDS awareness, peer leader training and community mobilization. The target group is focuses on the community in offers information, medical counseling and support to all the needed people in the community. We focus especially on the vulnerable parts of the community, which are Mooiwater, Langrug and Heart works in clinics all over the sub district of Stellenbosch, as well as in Franschhoek, which is part of the bigger Stellenbosch. In the Groendal Clinic adherence counseling and treatment support is Heart also has an office in the Mooiwater building, next to the Youth House, in Mooiwater, Franschhoek. It is functioning as an open office where people can come and ask for any information and get referred to other organizations and services depending on their specific has a couple of client-centered programs and initiatives: - HCT = HIV Counseling and HIV Testing aimed at youth over 16 years old. The HCT takes place at the different clinics in the Franschhoek area. Twice a month we bring HIV testing to the Youth House in Mooiwater. - Psychosocial Support & Empowerment of People living with HIVAIDS. - Life Skills Program for Vulnerable Children: Girls Club. - Pros cutting men program, which is designed for men from the age of 15 until 45, but focusing on youth. This program focuses on men having sex with men, gay men, male medical circumcision, legal recourse, and people living with HIV, TB, with an approach to men. - Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT). - Support groups aimed at newly diagnosed HIV youth. - Adherence Support and Food Parcel Program for those on Antiretroviral Therapy. - TB Screening and Testing. - Condom distribution. Executive Manager: Lynette Rademeyer-Bosman Cell. Number: office: Tel: +27 (0) Fax: +27 (0) [email protected] Website: Postal Address: Old Luckhoff School Banghoek Rd Stellenbosch Address office in Mooiwater: Beaucoup de Leau Street Mooiwater Building, 7690 Franschhoek 9

10 3. Youth Empowerment Action The Youth Empowerment Action focuses on the integration of children and youngsters from the streets back into society, into their homes, into the schools and the employment market. Though our main focus lies with the street children, we also build up a preventive approach towards the youth in schools to prevent them becoming dropouts. The YEA also works with the parents and families of disorientated youth, trying to develop the parenting skills as part of prevention. This integrated approach aims at a safe and healthy environment for children to grow up in. The YEA operates in the following different areas: Groendal, Mooiwater, Langrug and Bosbou. The different age groups of the children targeted by YEA depend on the specific programs and services that are offered. - Potential Development Program (PDP): Every Monday till Thursday each child between 6 up until 16 years old is welcome at the playground of the Youth House from 2.30 p.m. until 4.30 p.m. for the aftercare program. In this program children can learn life skills, play and do sports all afternoon. The program tries to prevent the children of hanging around the streets, begging, taking drugs - Holiday Program: Every school holiday YEA runs a holiday program that consists of group work, guest speakers, games, sessions of the YES-program etc. The activities take all day, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. - The President s Award program (TPA): This program provides a balanced and non-competitive framework for self-development for youngsters between the age of 14 and 25. TPA consists of skill development, physical recreation, community service and the adventurous journey. The YEA organizes these programs and encourages the youth of Groendal to participate on this program and get the opportunity to win a bronze, silver or a gold award. - Homework group: Every afternoon primary school as well as secondary school children that struggle with their homework can get support from the YEA-team in Minnie s house. In the future it will take place at the Youth House. The aim of this group is to prevent them to become dropouts. - Family in focus program (FIF): This parental guidance program focuses on families with children between 0 and 6 years old. The YEA does home visits that focus on life skills and parenting skills to support families who cannot afford a crèche for their children. - Trauma room: The staff of YEA works as trauma assistants in the police station. The trauma room is the primary service where abused children get therapeutic support. Project-coordinator: Mrs. Wilhelmina Christina (Mini) Petersen Cell. Number: YEA office: Tel: Fax: [email protected] Website: Postal Address: Jafthas Crescent 24 Groendal, 7690 Franschhoek 10

11 4. The Kusasa Project The Kusasa Project aims to work on a brighter future for the children of Franschhoek. In cooperation with the primary schools and the Department of Education, The Kusasa Project tries to improve the education of young children. Through a range of after school activities out of school children also get support. The target group is primary school children and the key to the children s success and future is education. In-School Programs: - Breakfast Club: breakfast provided each school day in the Dalibuhle Primary School, Franschhoek. - Literacy For All (LFA) is a structured Literacy program where all kind of texts are being studied in the home languages (Xhosa and Afrikaans) as well as in English with children of the Dalubuhle, Wemmershoek, Wes Eind & Groendal Primary Schools. - Morning Reading: 4 days a week volunteers provide reading sessions using the LFA texts in the three following schools: Dalubuhle, Wemmershoek & Wes Eind. - Field trips for instance to museums, the beach, nature reserves to explore and experience new things and get a break from the environs of the shacks. - Assistance with sports by organizing football tournaments. - Homework classes take place twice a week supported by 5 volunteer tutors. After-School Programs: - Dream Team-concept for high potential 6 th and 7 th graders operates in specific projects. Youngsters get the opportunity to develop life skills and leadership skills by working as volunteers. - Sport clubs: Chess club, Art club, running club, Netball club and Cricket club. - Drama club - Technology club Other Programs & Assistance - Crèche support by rebuilding local crèches in townships and providing volunteers and material. - Uniform & Fleece provision/assistance - Young Scholar support: providing scholarships & bursaries Founder and Trustee: Doug Gurr Cell. Number: +27 (0) The Kusasa Project office: Tel: Fax: [email protected] Website: Postal Address: PO Box 42 Physical Address: 73 B Village Artisan 7690 Franschhoek Cabriere Street 7690 Franschhoek 11

12 5. Franschhoek Resource And Network Coordinating Organization (FRANCO) FRANCO works with different youth organizations as well as with the community itself to channel all the efforts in the same direction and provide help. As a coordinated organization FRANCO is not involved with the actual fieldwork, but communicates with the different role players and provides them funds to do their work. FRANCO uses a database of all the active and dormant groups, which includes youth groups and youth organizations in Franschhoek, and allocates funds by referring to this database to see who needs help the most. We identify resources (funds and skills etc.) and then channel it in the right direction, to where it is really needed in the community. The target groups consist about many different groups of people and we focus on the Franschhoek Valley. We make sure we are all communicating, heading in the right direction and know what the other people are doing. - Providing funds and material to support organizations in Franschhoek. - Providing access to a database of all the active groups and organizations in the Franschhoek Valley. - Coordination of the different organizations in the Franschhoek Valley that are known. Chairperson: Ron Whytock Cell. Number: FRANCO s office: Tel: Fax: [email protected] Website: / Postal Address: 9 Domaine des Anges 7690 Franschhoek 12

13 6. Franschhoek Life Craft Centre The Franschhoek Life Craft Centre is a community organization that gives the community of Franschhoek a chance of selling their own made wares and crafts. The youth of Franschhoek has the opportunity to make money out of their creative skills and talents by selling their crafts to tourists and people. The Franschhoek Life Craft Centre encourages the youngster to work with their hands and gives them the opportunity to develop their skills providing trainings and classes in specific crafts. The Life Craft Centre raises money by selling their crafts in the shop and by leasing various types of stalls and markets. Craft sessions and trainings: - Mosaic classes - Pottery classes - The content of the different craft classes depends on the skills of the volunteers that are available to train the kids. To be informed about the ongoing trainings, contact the Life Craft Centre. Chairperson: Joan Chester Cell. Number: Franschhoek Life Craft Centre office: Tel: Fax: [email protected] Website: / Postal Address: Main Road Franschhoek 13

14 6. Afrikaans Christelijke Vrouwevereniging (ACVV) ACVV is the oldest welfare organization in South Africa. It operates in the whole country, and is also active in Groendal, Franschhoek. The ACVV s function in Franschhoek is to work with their target group: high-risk children and families. Knowledge of children living in high-risk circumstances will be referred to the ACVV. They monitor the specific situation, aim to obtain a new balance in the family and encourage them to improve their life conditions. ACVV is also the only organization in Franschhoek that can go to court and claim the right to remove children if they feel that the child s life is threatened. - Social casework within high-risk families to protect children. - Remove children in life-threatening circumstances to protect them. - Awareness community work and group work regarding different topics, such as child protection. - Follow-up of referred cases from different youth organizations, especially regarding the legal part of social work. Chairperson: Mrs. M vd Merwe Cell. Number: ACVV office: Tel: Fax: [email protected] Website: / Postal Address: PO Box Franschhoek Physical Address: C/o La Provence and Stiebuel Str Franschhoek 14

15 7. The Youth Affair The Youth Affair Performing Arts Society aims to develop youth through the use of the performing arts, namely: drama, dancing and singing. Youth Affair operates in the Franschhoek Valley and target youth between 14 and 35 years old. - Workshops: Script writing, Directing, Acting. - Festivals: In partnership with the Franschhoek Literacy Festival and the Bastille Festival, Youth Affair creates and stages drama. - Drama classes - Youth Dialogue: The Youth Affair facilitates a process where the three high schools in the valleys school councils can meet and discuss youth related issues. - Youth Dance Matinees: This program focuses on dance as a performing art. Saturday afternoon youth come together to show off their skills in a controlled area. - Education Awards Function - Artist management: The Youth Affair manages and creates artist profiles for all their members. We also place artists for different performances. Founder Member and current Artistic Director: Jeremy Davids Cell. Number: Youth Affair office: Tel: Fax: [email protected] Website: Postal Address: / 15

16 Youth development on farms Various wine farms in Franschhoek are a home to many children and youngsters. The youth living on the farm receive the opportunity to learn and develop after school and during the school holidays on the farms. Various farms offer a range of youth activities and programs to their workers and residents' children and this makes them comparable to youth organizations. 16

17 1. Dennegeur farm The Dennegeur farm consists of three farms: La Motte, L Ormarins and Friedrichsberg. A lot of youth and children from the Franschhoek community are living on the Dennegeur farm with their parents who are working there. Since they live on the farm a lot is going on for them to learn and develop after school and during the school holidays. Various activities and programs take place aimed at the high school children. The children of the primary school are welcome at the daily after care. The Dennegeur farm is very keen to network with other youth organizations in the Franschhoek community to give the youth the opportunity to get out of their usual environment, to be exposed to other areas, to get to know new young people and to get more involved with the outside community. - Primary school children: Primary school children come home after school and immediately join the daily aftercare program. The kids get lunch and afterwards play games. There is also time for schoolwork with assistance and support of the staff. The children stay in the aftercare until 5 p.m Secondary school children: Various life skills programs Schoolwork sessions with support and help from the staff Holiday Programs: every school holiday a holiday program is organized for those children who stay on the farm. This program contains sport development, life skills programs, group discussions about different topics all focusing on the relationship between parents and children. Fieldtrips to different destinations, such as the movies, the Spar, the beach etc. aimed at an involvement of the youngsters and becoming community members Coffee bar s are being organized at specific nights, which means a big gathering of the youth. They come together and can do anything they want like watching a movie, dancing and so on. Chairperson: Nicolas Medller Cell. Number: Dennegeur office: Tel: Fax: [email protected] Website:/ Postal Address: PO Box Franschhoek 17

18 2. Solms Delta Farm Solms Delta, Groot Drakenstein is much more than a wine estate. Solms Detla organizes a lot of programs and interventions, which fulfill the vision of breaking the cycle of poverty and dependency. The target group consists of everyone working and living on the Estate, such as children, youth, women, families, disabled persons, men, elderly persons. - The Wijn de Caab Trust aims to break the cycle of poverty and dependency among farm residents and employees. The Trust tries to fulfill these aims by providing financial assistance for education at all levels, and by providing private healthcare, improving quality of life, and assisting those in distress. - Music van de Caab or The Cape Music Project: hopes to create a more inclusive sense of Winelands community with wider access to resources and opportunities for all who live in it. Local musicians support this project by sharing their musical talents. - Trompoppies - Sports: basketball, rugby and netball. - ATKV youth program - Holiday camps focusing on awareness of different topics, such as alcohol and drug abuse and life skills. - Events: The Delta Trap, The Delta Draf, Oesfees etc. The above programs are ongoing, but there are also programs that are taking place as the needs exist. Social worker: Charne Abrahams Cell. Number: Solms Delta office: Tel: Fax: / / Website: Postal Address: Delta Road, PO Box 123 Groot Drakenstein Franschhoek Valley 7680 Western Cape 18